Current Board of Directors

 

 

 

 

OFFICERS

Kevin Tate, Chairman
President, 2011 - 2012
Treasurer 2010 - 2011
Director 2008 - 2010
Director Term Ends 2014
Mississippi

 

As an avid hunter and fisherman and an insatiable reader, Kevin Tate has been a student of the outdoors and of outdoor writing since childhood. The words of Patrick F. McManus, Gene Hill, Robert Ruark and many others drove him to take up the writer’s trade.  Current Mossy Oak Productions products include: Mossy Oak’s Hunting the Country, Mossy Oak Classics, Whistling Wings, Browning’s The Best There Is, and The Obsession Revealed. In the past, Kevin has also produced copy for American Hunter, Step Outside, Remington Country and others.Whether focusing on print or video, Tate’s mission is to deliver products that not only make the company proud, but make all hunters proud of what they do.

 
Tammy Sapp, President
Treasurer 2011 - 2012
Secretary 2010 - 2011
Director 2009 - 2010
Director Term Ends 2014
South Carolina

Tammy Sapp has worked as an outdoor writer, photographer and marketing communications professional throughout her 25-year career. Her resume includes experience with state wildlife agencies and nonprofit conservation organizations. She has supervised the launch and production of several PR and social media campaigns, magazines, websites and national television shows. Today, she coordinates communications and business development efforts for Kalkomey Enterprises, Inc., a leader in outdoor safety education products. 

 

Tony Bynum, Treasurer
Treasurer 2012 - 2014
Director, term ends 2014
Montana

Tony Bynum, is a full-time freelance outdoor commercial, wildlife, and nature photographer from Montana. He began his professional photography carrier in 2005 by producing cover quality images for the outdoor editorial and commercial product industry. His images have appeared on the covers of many major hunting and traditional outdoor recreation focused magazines, including F&S, ODL, Fair Chase, Texas Sporting Journal, Eastman’s, Bugle, Bowhunt America, Montana Outdoors, Montana Magazine, Western Hunter, Western Horseman, and many more. In 2010, he was selected to produce commercial advertising images for the State Of Montana’s Office of Tourism.

 

Tom Opre, Secretary
Secretary 2012 - 2014
Director, term ends 2014
Montana

After attaining a BA in Communication from Grand Valley State University (MI), Opre's trail included stints working for legendary outdoor filmmaker Glen Lau; to producing documentary films for Shark Week on the Discovery Channel; to directing/producing national TV commercial projects (Federal Cartridge, Mathews Archery, Knight Muzzleloaders, Berkley, Sea Doo, Polaris ATV, Prois Hunting Apparel, and Chevrolet); to directing/shooting extreme sports films.

As the owner of Tahoe Films, Ltd., a full service film and video production company since 1990, Opre continues to direct, produce and shoot a variety of projects for the outdoor recreation industry. Currently, he is the host and executive producer for Primal Adventures™ on Versus.

 

 

DIRECTORS

Steve McGrath
Corporate Partner Director, Term ends 2016
Utah

Once known as “the guy that can burn water,” Steve McGrath is now marketing and PR Director of Camp Chef. Thankfully his culinary skills have taken a turn for the better. Only his wife and two children supersede his passion for the outdoors. Though fly fishing remains his favorite past time there is still plenty of his time spent in the duck blinds of the Pacific Flyway.

 

 

Doug Gilmer
Director, term ends 2014
Virginia

Gilmer's communications/media career began in 1996 in the law enforcement and tactical area. He filmed several episodes of “World’s Wildest Police Chases,” “Police Crashes,” and “Moment of Impact” with Sheriff John Bunnell. Ultimately, this led to writing several articles for law enforcement and professional publications. Gilmer's true passion, however, was writing for the traditional outdoor market. In 2004, he published his first outdoor articles in The Christian Sportsman magazine. Now he is a contributing editor for the magazine and has had articles featured in several other mainstream outdoor publications.

 

Bill Konway
Director, term ends 2014
Indiana

Konway spent 25 years working as a full-time photojournalist for a Chicago daily newspaper. During that tenure he had the opportunity to photograph everything from three presidents, to Michael Jordan and Walter Payton, to movie stars and actresses. It was good steady work, but it was no longer his dream. So, call him crazy, plenty of his friends did, as well as some family members, but several years ago, Konway retired and began a quest to try and make it as a full-time, full-fledged photographer in the outdoors industry. Since, he's  been able to combine two of his passions and strive to combine them into a single, focused, effort. 

 

Steve Pennaz
Director, Term ends 2016
Minnesota

Pennaz has been a full-time outdoor communicator for 25 years and is president of Pennaz Multimedia. Pennaz served as editor of North American Fisherman magazine for 14 years, and running two editorial departments for the last seven. He lead a production team that has produced more than 10 outdoor television series, including Silent Invaders and North American Hunter.Pennaz is also a POMA Pinnacle Award recipient.

 


Kevin Reese
Director, Term ends 2016
Texas

Kevin Reese is an award-winning outdoor writer, photographer, editor, videographer and the host of GO Tips on Global Outfitters TV Show. As a freelancer, he works tirelessly to promote our outdoor heritage through a diverse range of media outlets including the NSSF, Remington Outdoor Foundation, Outdoor Hub, Global Outfitters and others.